High-pressure gland



Feb. 6, 1951 J. R. DUNBAR ET AL HIGH-PRESSURE GLAND Filed Aug. 4, 1947 f2 Hllllllllll 62, i v 9 8 5 w a My 4 n z 4 w 5 Q a 4 L 4 I 2 44 \A a 7 u a 5 w INVENTORS JAMES ROBERT DUNBAR PRENT/CE BLOEDEL.

HOWARD ALLAN S/MONS AT TORNE Y Patented Feb. 6, 1951 HIGH-PRESSURE GLAND James Robert Dunbar, Prentice Bloedel, and

Howard Allan Simons, Vancouver, British lumbia, Canada, assignors to Bloedel. Stewart & Welch Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia,

Canada Application August 4, 1947, Serial No. 765,950

1 Claim. 1

Our invention relates to improvements in high pressure glands for relatively rotating parts.

Serious difiiculty has been experienced in designing a gland about a rotating part of a high pressure centrifugal pump or other hydraulic machinery which will not be subject to heavy wear of the packing or metal parts and which will prevent leakage of any appreciable nature.

The invention as herein described is applied between the rotor and stator of a log barker and is adapted to operate under an internal water pressure of twelve hundred pounds to the square inch or more. Since in the machine referred to it is desirable to use water lubricated bearings, it is desirable that some slight water flow shall take place past the gland to reach said water lubricated bearings, but that said leak should be of such low magnitude that the water loss past the gland shall not efiect the normal efliciency of the machine.

The present invention contemplates a gland in which one of the sealing members is in a floating position and pressure is applied to one side of said sealing member to substantially balance the working pressure of the hydraulic fluid within the machine, as will be more fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a hydraulic barking machine to which the gland is fitted.

' Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the stator and rotor and is taken on the line 2 -2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the gland per se.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral l indicates a rotary log barking machine having a stator 2 in which an annular rotor 3 is mounted for rotation. An annular flange 4 is extended from each end of the rotor and supports a pulley 5 which is connected by belts 6 to a suitable source of power, not shown. The inner annulus 8 of the stator is provided with a circumferential groove or fluid passage 9 into which water is supplied from an inlet 9A at high pressure of between 1000 and 1800 pounds per square inch and will vary according to the nature of the work to be done by the log barker. The rotor 3 is provided with a plurality of ducts [0 which are provided with water jets I l on their inner periphery, through which water is adapted to discharge to accomplish the work.

Annular rebates M are formed ..at opposite ends of the rotor 3, each havinga flange face l5 and 2 a peripheral face I6. A second rebate i1 is formed at each end of the peripheral face Hi to form a pair of stub sleeve l8 upon which the rotor 3 is adapted to rotate. A rebate 20 is formed in the inner periphery at each end of the stator 2 and an annular ring 2| is secured therein by a row of bolts 22. The inner face 24 of the ring 2| is spaced from the flange face l5 of the rotor to define a space 25 which is sealed by a gland generally indicated by the numeral 21;

The flange I5 is recessed to receive an annular gasket 28 having a spiral lubrication groove 29 on its bearing face. The gasket is tapered 0 on its inner periphery as at 30 and is, held within its recess by a ring 3| secured in adjusted position by a row of cap screws 32. The gasket 28 isobviously required to withstand a heavy shear strain by virtue of the pressure of water passing through .the machine and must in such circumstances be capable of responding to lubrication by water or other non-viscous liquids and in the present instance I use alaminated fabricbond 'ed in synthetic resin. as a preferred material. The annular ring 2| which may be formed in tegrally with the stator is provided with an annular groove or gasket pocket 34 having peripheral walls and a base 36. The base 35 is provided with an annular groove 31 which communicates through a duct 38 and a connection 39, see Figure to a source of water under pressure. A cylindrical plunger is mounted for endwise movement in the gasket pocket 34 with its inner end moving in the annular groove 31 and is spaced from the outer peripheral wall of the pocket 34 by a ring 42 secured to the ring 2| and of the pocket, against the outer periphery of theplunger 40 and against the outer peripheral wall 35 of said pocket. The rubber sealing band is not secured by any adhesive or fastening means to the surfaces against which it contacts and it is therefore capable of being displaced in the general direction indicated by the arrow towards the base 36 to maintain a perfect seal between the groove 9 and the annular base groove 31. The rear inne end" the plunger 40 is provided with a rearwardly' extending rim 41 which extends into the annular base groove 31 to keep the rubber band 43 from extruding into said groove as the plunger advances due to wear of the face of the gasket 28. Between the inner periphery of the pocket 34 and the inner periphy of the plung r-4.0 is a se ond sealingb nd 48 which is retained therebetween by an integral flange 49 extending inwardly to the plunger wall. The inner end of the band 48 and the inner end of the plunger are at all times under thrust from the water entering the groove 31 and'the pocket 34 through the duct 38, eonsequently any displacement of the rubber of said band 48 will be in the direction of the arrow shown thereon. The band 48 is also free from any adhesive bond with the part it contacts.

A flange 50 is secured by studs .51 atteacheend of the stator, one only shown, and covers its adjacent ring 2|. The inner periphery .of said flange is lined with suitable bearing strips 53 to e ev e e h ring i w ieh the u slee e I8 is the ro r 3 is ieurhelled- T e e bearingstri s are of e Water 'liih i eting typ in th in an m e ihe end between hem w ter passages 54 exend r he hterspe s between said st through the flange .50 to a-discharge .55.

The in erna area of the plun r 9 nd ca by the numeral 5.1 w ich is e posed to th werke .ine p essur wi hin the circum e a roove 19 of the stator is considerably less :thanthe area 58 of the .back of the plunger and the rubber band 48, so that byepp ying subst n lly equal pressu es ve said er e leakag we the gasket 2.8 and th plung A0 is preven d, but by u tabl redu ing the pressure pplied threush th ducta'l, a leak is provided of sufficient magnitude a t a low f r roper lu ca on b n sa d g sket a d vsaid p unger 4 t {will be r adily unde s ood tha ubb howe er Well made ,pess sses a r f lled or th r h e.rstiees a d hatit-is Quite imhe sib o fit rubber ih e e space so exactly a to p ev n o e ai peeke s, eenseqeent y h n eppreeriete e d is pressure is app ied by the ont l ed pre re through he duet 31. a p rti n o each o t band 3 and .48 w l be d plac d in t direction as shown in Figure 3 and the contact between th p pheral faces of the rubber band are brought into such intimate contact with their adjacent metal faces, so that no leakage will take place between the duct 9 and the duct 31. If the ru b r ends 43 and A8 are cemented o ei ad n ng surfaces, th bendu ieees a preven ed irem ehd ises ppage along th contee his surface and the pres ure ee-us s e e eevege e the rubber subs antia ly parallel is the axis oi the stater- 7 he wet r uhderhresse wh eh is supplied to the du t .9 el e eenh e ed o the back of t e plunger through the fitting 39, consequently the thrust on the plunger 40 from the cylinder will exceed the resisting thrust of the pressure within the machine. A reduction valve 60 or any other suitable control device will be connected between the 1 1. 1 9 or other par-tof'theslipply line to the machine, so that just 'suificient differential pressure is applied to the gland to stop or suitably restrain leakage between the gasket and said plunger, so as to reduce the wear to a desired minimum.

We claim:

A high pressure gland for relatively rotating parts of a hydraulic machine having a rotating flange and .a stationary flange, a gasket carried by one of the flanges, and an annular groove or pylinder the :gther flange, said cylinder having a plunger having it outer end face adapted to engage the gasket and a rear end face adapted to be urged outwardly of its cylinder by fluid pressuxe .ier adm ttin fluid under p essu e t h 531d feces o the plun e :said annular roove havin em enter vperipheral wall and a ba e s id ba e b ing disposed within the length a the vnhmger and n en a ement therewith, a sealing band-housed within the flinterspace bounded by t e o ter periphera W l of the groove, the base and the outer peripheral wall-of p n er, a rin s ured to the ou er periphery of the a ula g oov ext nding into eontaet'with the nt .e ph r ef the plunger adja ent its ute nd and b ing in 901 13 1 with an end .of th s aling bandpsaidirih being grooved to den a an lar uacesurreuhdih n end of the i a d, said ring ha in a orifice for the admission of fluid under pressure .te'said annular space nd e por ion of t adjacent end face of said sealing band.

JAW RQBERT PRENTIQE BLOEDEL. LHQWABD MONS- :BEEEBE -QES euse The following references are of record in the 3 file of this patent:

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